Well….on the anniversary of 9/11, we have another day of meltdown coming with the publishing of Woodward’s book on the idiot trump and idiot boy’s reaction to it..I found the one from yesterday just so damn laughable…the moron threatening to write his own book about his “well-oiled” administration…now, I’m pretty sure that it is ‘well-oiled” but not in the way trump thinks…more from the barrels of Jack Daniels that his staff needs to just show up to work for the orange blowhard. To think that trump has the capability to write anything longer than a tweet just shows how deep his delusions run…he can’t even read anything that is more than a couple of bullet points long before he looks out the window and yells “squirrel” to no one in particular…and then praises himself for saying it…just the bestest squirrel yelling that anyone has ever done anywhere and then he has done his two minutes of work for the day and goes back to the residence and watches fox news while he gorges on Big Macs and cookies. I suppose we should be thankful that trump has the attention span of a gnat…I guess that limits the damage he can do…but it is still terrifying…impeach…
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September 11th
Well….running on time this morning and I am a little worn out from being up and down all night…got to bed at 11 and then up at two and back to bed at 3:30 and then up at 6 for good so there may be a nap in my future…had a good day yesterday with feeling good enough to go out and shoot pool…which I won for a change…and Tom gave me a huge steak for my last red meat and I had that for dinner last night…still feel full from that but it is chicken and fish from now on out…still don’t feel a hundred percent with the flu symptoms still here but I do feel a little better and I hope that continues until I get on the plane Thursday….need to check in online tomorrow morning to get my seat on the plane so I’ll have to remember that…need to do laundry and hit he bank this morning after I ride…but it is cold out there right now and I am already feeling cold right now so I don’t want to push it too much….more later….
September 10th
Well…still feeling like crap this morning but at least I can breathe some and that is something…but I have no energy at all and I hope that will be fixed when I get on the bike later….not sure if I’ll ever get another flu shot since this is the reaction every time I get one…it’s like half flu and I sure hope that it’s gone by Thursday….slept okay last night but still feel like I have to ease into the day and let the coffee work before I get moving….I did feel okay for about an hour yesterday and I am waiting for that hour or more today… I do need to start getting ready for the trip but I think I’ll do that tomorrow and Wed….didn’t get much done yesterday and today will be the same with pool this aft and needing to conserve energy…need to go to the bank tomorrow and deposit the check before I travel….more later….
Might be feeling a little better…
Well….sitting here watching a little soccer and it just hit me that I may be feeling a little better… not coughing as much but that is being replaced by sneezing for some reason….but, I am not taking any antihistamines any more so I guess I’ll just have to live with it…I may have some decongestants that don’t affect BP but I’ll have to look and see….I may feel okay by Thursday and for the big plans that my daughter has for Friday in NYC…I probably even could have taken a ride today but I don’t want to push it with the trip coming up….today is my last cocktail day, too, and I am looking forward to that…and to spending the extra 25 bucks a week I’ll save on some good seafood, veggies, and fruit….
September 9th
Well…running about on time for a Sunday and I remembered to come here for a change so I guess that is something…still feel pretty crappy today but the sore throat is gone so that is an improvement…still coughing and feel hot so I think the bike ride is off for the day…it is only 50 outside and spitting rain and that wouldn’t be good for how I’m feeling so I think I’ll skip…at least the crap in my lungs is breaking up some…just talked to my daughter and she has the same reaction to flu shots so she is not getting one this year…didn’t get a lot done yesterday and today will just be laundry to get ready for travelling Thursday and watching some races….need to plan some meals for the next few days, too but not right now…just want some more coffee and to read some news while I take it easy…more later….
I feel crappy….
Well… what a day…have had a sore throat that started last night and have been coughing all day and I really can’t have that happen with traveling on Thursday and going to NYC Friday of next week….so how the heck did this happen…not sure if it’s a coincidence that I got my flu shot Tuesday but this happened the last time I got a flu shot, too and it’s hard to say with such a small sample size…I know I’m coughing up crap out of my lungs and am feeling hot so there is something to it…damn…I did get through the bike ride this morning with no trouble other than it was pretty cool and it took me hours to get warmed up again…and now I’m sweating like crazy…again…crap….oh, well…I am not cancelling the trip…I’ll just shift down to low and just try to survive it….who knows? I may feel better by Thursday….
September 8th
Well…man, I’m feeling crappy this morning…have a sore throat that kept me up most of the night and I wonder why that would be…hmmm…had an okay day yesterday and had the chance to get out to have one with K and that was fun…but, I think that started the night a little too early and I’m feeling it now…didn’t get a lot done yesterday and today will probably be the same with all the football and races on…again…but I do need to clean my bathroom so I think I’ll wedge that in between….and State starts at 10:45…which is a really weird time to start so I need to get out on the bike soon but I am not motivated to get going yet….should have made coffee instead of just having leftovers since there is not enough to get me jump started…might even have to make more…more later….
Nike’s online sales up 31% this week…
Well…after Nike announced that Colin Kaepernick was going to be the face of it’s new ad campaign, the MAGA idiots out there went nuts cutting up their Nike clothing and burning their Nike shoes…just brilliant to destroy something you’ve already paid for just to “own” the libs that they think run everything….and then came the usual calls from the righties to boycott Nike since they support Kaepernick “disrespecting” the national anthem…but, let’s get this straight..the protest are not against the flag, or the military, or the national anthem as the right has lied and lied about…they are about the unfair treatment that minorities still get every damn day by police in this country…and it is Kaepernick’s right under the first amendment to do it. So, today…Nike announced that it’s online sales have exploded by 31% since the ad campaign was announced…and what I have to say about that is ha, ha….and, would you MAGA shits please announce a boycott of my site? I could use a 31% increase in readership….geez….
The check came…
Well….if any of you have been following my saga of trying to buy a house to retire in, I have a little update today…the check from cashing in a life insurance policy finally came yesterday and now I can get down to it…it is a little weird to have $45,000 dollars sitting on my kitchen counter but a little cool, too….I guess I did one thing right by buying that policy 15 years ago….need to get to the bank Monday….had to make an appointment since there is a lot of fed reporting that goes with a deposit that large….
Just some stuff…again…
Well…since I had a couple of doctor appointments this week for the first time in 16 years, I thought I’d talk a little about that…and maybe some other stuff, too! One of the things that came out of my higher than normal blood pressure (it was still only 138 over 77) was that my doctor recommended that I get a home blood pressure machine and log the times of the day that it is higher or lower…so, I went out to Amazon and got a pretty cool little unit that got rave reviews for only 20 bucks or so shipped and that should be here Wednesday…but, I know why my BP is higher than normal and I am going to fix that after this weekend…unfortunately, this is going to be my last cocktail weekend and I am going to stop drinking, other than the beers I have out shooting pool…this should help with two things, my weight is higher than I like and by cutting out the cocktails, I should start losing weight like crazy and that will help with the blood pressure, too…and with my cholesterol being the same number of 138, weird, huh? I do need to start eating better, too…so, no more burgers or pork after I clean out my freezer…but, with not buying any booze, I will be able to afford some more healthy food like fish, fruits, and veggies….oh, and I do need to stop taking so much antihistamine, too, since that is directly related to high blood pressure. It should be an interesting journey but a bittersweet one…I mean, giving up your last vice? Oh, well…if it adds a few healthy years I think it’s worth it…it’s just nice to know where I sit and how to make it better..I’m going to miss the burgers, too…and the sausage, and the salami, and the smoked sausage, and the pork chops…you get it….